As a emerging nondestructive detection technology,hyperspectral imaging（HSI）for livestock product quality detection has become a research hotspot.Firstly,the basic principle and analysis process of HSI is introduced in the paper.Then the research status and existing problems in livestock product quality detection using HSI at home and abroad are summarized and analyzed.Finally,the development direction of future research in livestock product quality detection using HSI is proposed to researchers on the related study as a reference.